Combination container



Oct. 9 1923.

I G. C. KENNEDY COMBINATION CONTAINER ild Jan. 21. 1922 I I [rev/anion Patented Get. 9, 1923.

Gnohen oonvrn KENNEDY, onwarnnnoo, IOWA.

COMBINATION CONTAINER.

Application filed January 21, 1922. Serial No. 530,950.

venient rotary adjustment thereof;- andsecond, to so subdivide its interior space, and provide such releasable holding-means therein as will. lit the device to receive ob-' jects of various shapes for quick deposit and as ready selective removal thereof;

I have accomplished these objects by the means which are hereinafter described and claimed, and which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Fig-lie a vertical axial section of my improved rotatable container and its cover closure, and Fig. 2 is a top plan of the container, the closure shown in horizontal section. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of one of the removable division-devices, and Fig. 4 is an elevation of one of the resilientclips. Figs. 5 and 6 are respectively fragmental elevations V of overlapped parts of the closure and container which comprehend the bayonet-joints thereof. Fig. 7 is a side elevation, on a reduced scale, of one of my combination containers mounted or bracketed upon a front mud-guard of a motor-car. I

In said drawings, similar numerals of reference denote corresponding parts throughout the several views.

The receptacle of my device'is-a bowlshaped body 1, whichmay be diepressed from sheet metal, and has an axial bearingorifice 10 in its bottom.

The closure cover for the open topcf the receptacle 1 maybeof any desired shape, but a preferred form is shown insaid Fig. 1. This consists of a die-pressed imperiorate cover whose central raised part 3 may be cylindric or slightly irustal, ofsuflicient height, and having a basal horizontal annu:

lar rim or wide margin 2 which overlies the bowl below, this margin having a peripheral depending annular flange 4 which fits closely over and about the abutting upper outer surface of the bowl or-receptacle rim. I have arranged a bayonet-joint connection at each of opposite sides of the said receptacle and closure as shown in Figs. and 6.

The like bayonet-joints 5 of angular shape so are cut in the depending rim i. The wider of the joints shown in Fig. 5 receives an orificed. ear 7 which latter overlies another orificed ear 6 which is bent over from the slitted depending part i of the closure. o5

The loop of a padlock 9 may be passed through the registering orifices of these ears to lock them together, and while the. imperforate lug 8 at the opposite side of the container and cut therefrom-is seated in like manner in the inner end part of the joint 5. The interior space of the receptacle 1. may be subdivided or partitioned in any way desired to supply a number'of open top compartments. cupped or axially cylindric compartment, I have arranged a number of compartments around this central compartment, by assembling removably division-devices as shown in Fig. 3. devices comprises an arcuate middle part 25 having at opposite ends angularly directed parts 26. Vhen the requisite numberot' said devices have been fitted together within the receptacle, they form a closed circle of compartments, interlocked against relative movements, but separable vertically. Thesedivision-devices may be alike in dimensions to supply compartments of the same size, or as shown, may differ in length. so

As the lower part, of the receptacle. 1 preferably rounded for: convenience in manual removal of the contents of said compartrnents, the lower edges of the device parts 26 are similarly curved to fit. It will be observed that the cover part '2 lies flatly upon the upper hori zontal edges or" the division-devices, securely closing the compartments. H

The 'cyllndric axially-located central coinpartmcnt may be left empty'to receive any articles placed therein, as forinstance, elongated bodies which may stand on end to projectiupwardly into the c-entrally elongated part'3-of the cover, such as tools 27 and 28 shown in Fig.1. Toprevent confusion or mixing of the'tools togetherindistinguishably, I have furnished spring-clips to individually receive the tools, so that any tool may be readily distinguished fromthe U Inorder to reserve a 75 Each of these division- 80 any f Lad.

others, for quick recognition and removal or replacement, and in order also to prevent jarring andnoises while the device is carried about. I

These clips may be riveted or otherwise secured upon a flat plate 15, preferably circular to fit the bottom of the cylindric compartment, the lower rivet-heads 21 resting on the bottom of the receptacle, or the plate may be centrally supported upon an elastic washer 1%. A short bolt 11 forms a pintle for the receptacle to rotate upon, being passed upwardly through an orificed support, such as the bar or bracket 17, then through a wide metal washer 16, andthen through the con tral orifice 10 and through said washer 14C and a central orifice in the plate 15,'and be secured by nuts 12 and 13.

The spring-clips may be of any number downwardly between them through their terminal lips, they will react to hold the object tightly, isolating it from the others, and preventing noisy contacts, though permitting easy withdrawal of the object, as selected when the receptacle has been rotated appropriately to brin the tool into view. I

As the spring-clips are somewhat inclined inwardly, the contained objects cannot contact with the inner wall. of the closure-part 3, so that knocking is avoided, and interference in the replacement of the closure is preventedf My rotatable container may be mounted for use in any place, such as a workshop, oiiice, kitchen, but is especially suitable for use on mo toncars of any description. As shown in Fig. 7 it may be mounted on a front mud-guardl9 of a motor-car on an angular bracket-bar 17 riveted at 18 to the guard, or it may be mounted elsewhere on said vehicle. As .the nuts 12 and 13 are within the locked receptacle, the device is irremovable when looked, without the exercise of a-destroying implement upon it.

Having described my inventiom what 1 claim as new, and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is

1.. In combination, an open receptacle,re-

' movable partitioning devices therein to pro- 'vide a plurality of open top compartments around a central ,open' top compartment whose wall is made'up of parts of said devices, and a removableclosu'refor the re- V ceptacle having araised cupped part over the central compartment only, the closure having a circumterential rim serving to close thev other compartments to isolate them from each other and said central compartment.

2. in combination, an open top receptacle, and a plurality of division-devices mounted interlockingly and removably therein, each division-device consisting of a single plate bent to have partition parts when assembled with the others in the receptacle.

3. In combination, an open top receptacle, and a plurality of division-devices mounted interlockingly and removably therein about a central cupped compartment, said divisiondevices having contacting parts extending from middle parts. r v

4. In combination, an open top receptacle, and a plurality of division-devices arranged circularly around the interior thereof to provide open top compartments about a central compartment, and engagingmeans mounted in said central compartment to re leasably clutch received articles,

5. In combination, a circular bowl receptacle mounted for rotation, a closure therefor, removable division-devices within said receptacle, and means within said receptacle for holding elongatedobj cts therein in upright positions and arranged circularly therein concentrically. V

6. In combination, a supporting bracket, an open top receptacle rotatably and removably mounted thereon, .a base-plate mounted removably in said receptacle, a plurality of coacting spring-clips mounted on said baseplate, an inclosure surrounding said baseplate spaced from the inner wall of the receptacle, and a movable closure for the open top of the receptacle. e

7. In combination, an'open top bowl, sup porting-means on which it is rotat-ably mounted, a closure for said bowl, means'tor lockingly releasably securing said closure upon the bowl, a base-plate removably mounted within the bowl, and engaging-devices mounted upon said base-plate.

8. Incombination, a supporting device, a carrying-device horizontally rotatable upon said supporting-device, and engaging-devices mounted upon said carrying-device to receive and hold releasably elongated objects in upright positions in a determined relative arrangement, said carrying-device having'a plurality of removable partitioning devices surrounding said engaging-devices to isolatedly carr nremovable articles.

9.; In com inatiojn, an open receptacle, and

a pluralityof division-devices mounted interlockingly and removably therein, each (hvision-device consist ng of asmgle element shaped 'cangular'ly to have partition parts when assembled with the othersin the receptacle. r

Signed at Waterloo, Iowa, this 23d day of Dec. 1921. 1

o ens]: seem KENNEDY. 

